Checkrein-fastener.



No. 814,507. PATENTBD MAR. 6, 1906.

G. W. BARRETT.

GHECKREIN PASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1905.

WITNESSES. llVl/ENTOR faarfar marrfi ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHECKRElN-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed May 23, 1905. Serial No. 261,804.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs WHITFIELD BARRETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Hanford, in the county of Kings and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and Improved CheckreinFastener, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact de scription. tagThisinvention relates to improvements in devices to preventaccidental'detachment of a checkrein from a check-hook, the object beingto provide a fastening device that will be simple and inexpensive andthat may be readily connected to any ordinary form of check-hook.

I will describe a checkrein-fastener embodying my invention and thenpoint out the novel features in the appended claims.

1' Reference is to be'had t0 the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows in plan a checkrein-fastener embodying my mvention. Fig.2 is a section on the line a; 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the fastener.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the saddletree, to which issecured the checkrein-hook 2 and the plate 3 in the usual mannerthat is,by means ofa bolt 4. The fastener consists of a metal plate 5, having anopening 6, through which the bolt 4 passes, securing the said plate 5 onthe upper side of the plate 3. The plate 5 is strengthened or braced yhaving its opposite sides turned upward, as indicated at 7, and at therear ends of the upwardly-turned portions 7 is a pintle 8,

around which the fastening device 9 has coiled portions 10, one end ofeach coil being soldered or otherwise secured to the plate 5. Thesecoils form a spring to hold the fastening device over the end of thecheckreinhook. As the fastening device consists of wire and would besomewhat difficult to turn back if engaged directly with thecheckrein-hook, I provide it with a finger-plate 11, which extendsupward above the plane of the checkrein-hook, as clearly shown in thedrawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination with a saddletree and acheckrein-hook, of a plate secured on the saddletree, a pintle securedto said plate, a spring-wire fastening device having its ends coiledaround said pintle, and a finger-plate attached to the upper end of saidwire.

2. The combination with a saddletree and a checkrein-hook, of a metalplate secured to the saddletree and having upwardlyextended oppositesides, a pintle secured to said sides at the rear ends, a fastenerconsisting of spring-wire having portions coiled around said pintle andhaving its ends secured to said plate, and a finger plate on theupwardlyextended portion of said wire.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES WHITFIELD BARRETT.

WVitnesses:

WALTER H. HARRISS, JOHN G. COVERT.

